Category Archives: Holland News
UPDATE: Missing juvenile in Allegan County has been located
UPDATE- Tue. 4/27/21 4:05 a.m.: HAMILTON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Allegan County authorities say a teenager who was reported missing has been located. Annabell Pratt had not been seen since 11:45 Monday mo...
Apr 27, 2021 Police in Allegan County are searching for missing juvenile Annabell Pratt. (Photo courtesy of Allegan County Sheriff's Office).
Allegan Republican ousted from party seat
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Allegan resident Jason Watts, 44, has been bounced from his position as treasurer of the Sixth Congressional District's executive Republican committee, according to a story fro...
Apr 26, 2021 Kevin Smith / CC
Severe Spring weather rips through Southwest Michigan leaving structural damage and power outages
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A southern Kent County neighborhood saw it's fair share of damage from Saturday's Spring storms that blew through Southwest Michigan. WOOD TV reporting that residents of ...
Apr 11, 2021
MEA supports call for post spring-break limits
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Michigan Education Association President Paula Herbart issued a statement after Friday's press conference by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Whitmer, and the state's chief medical o...
Apr 09, 2021 MEA President Paula Herbart. Courtesy MEA
Whitmer and MDHHS urge volunteer measures over next 2 weeks to slow surge
LANSING, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - With Michigan becoming the COVID-19 hotspot of the nation, Governor Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services urged several volunteer measures on Frida...
Apr 09, 2021 Governor Whitmer prepares to receive COVID-19 vaccine on 4/6/21. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Whitmer).
Whitmer appeals for more vaccines, persistence
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Michigan residents are beset with the latest COVID-19 surge, but in a press conference Friday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the stations chief medical officer, Dr. Joneigh Khaldu...
Apr 09, 2021 Governor Whitmer addresses Michigan on 3/2/21. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer).
April is Distracted-Driving Awareness month
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- April is Distracted-Driving Awareness Month and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is reminding people that between 2012 and 1029 more than 26,000 people died i...
Apr 07, 2021 NHTSA distracted driving graphic. Courtesy NHTSA
U of M Board of Regents condemns Weiser's words
ANN ARBOR, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The University of Michigan's board of regents held a special meeting Friday morning and voted to condemn the words of a fellow regent, Ron Weiser. They pressed him to res...
Apr 02, 2021 University of Michigan logo (courtesy of U of M)
Remembering the deadly 1956 Hudsonville tornado
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Today marks 65 years since the start of a two-day tornado outbreak that caused the deaths of 17 Michigan residents, 13 in Hudsonville, and hundreds of injuries. The tornado cut...
Apr 02, 2021 National Weather Service's safe-place selfie graphic. Courtesy, NWS
Lawyer for Holland restaurant owner: Complicated case
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Attorney Robert Baker, now representing Holland restaurant owner Marlena Pavlos-Hackney, says he's pulling together her case. But it's complicated, he said, by the first person...
Apr 01, 2021 Marlena's Bistro & Pizzeria, March 18, 2021. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
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